Re: [PLUG] Touch support in Linux
Thanks for the info On Wed, Jan 31, 2024, 22:18 Russell Senior wrote: > > > On 1/31/24 19:50, VY wrote: > > Dear All > > > > I am looking to get one of those Dell 2-1 laptop with touch. Does Linux > > supports touchscreen well? I googled online and got good positive > reviews. > > I also want to check here for any tips > > I have a Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro from about 10 years ago, and a couple HP x360 > laptops with touch screens and they both work fine. I rarely use them, > but they do work. > > -- > Russell Senior > russ...@pdxlinux.org >
[PLUG] SMS/Texting interface for Linux desktop/laptop
Many people use SMS messaging and handheld screen taps, but not email. Is there a good SMS-to-SMTP-email service Out There? Alternatively, is there a good Linux-compatible hardware for this task? Keith L. -- Keith Lofstrom kei...@keithl.com
[PLUG] February in-person PLUG meeting: New Year Show and Tell
Portland Linux/Unix Group General Meeting Announcement Who: Ted, Michael, YOU... What: New Year Show and Tell Where: 5500 SW Dosch Rd, Portland When: Thursday, February 1st, 2024 at 7pm (Help with chairs a few minutes early is always appreciated) Why: The pursuit of technology freedom Ted: Bandwidth monitoring OpenWRT and DD-WRT routers with MRTG Michael: Managing Windows from FreeBSD Environments You: What have you been working on this last few months? Rules and Requests: Masks are encouraged but not required. CCC in Germany sent a LOT of people home with COVID-19. 19 as in 2019 and please people, it's not something we want to hang on to. PLUG is open to everyone and does not tolerate abusive behavior on its mailing lists or at its meetings Do not leave valuables in your car Calagator Page: https://calagator.org/events/1250480945 Google Maps Link: https://www.google.com/maps/place/5500+SW+Dosch+Rd,+Portland,+OR+97239 Some might head to Hillsdale Brewery & Public House near the Library: https://www.mcmenamins.com/hillsdale-brewery-public-house Rideshares likely available PLUG Page with information about all PLUG events: http://pdxlinux.org/ Michael Dexter PLUG Volunteer
Re: [PLUG] SMS/Texting interface for Linux desktop/laptop
On Thu, Feb 1, 2024 at 2:35 PM Keith Lofstrom wrote: > > Many people use SMS messaging and handheld screen taps, > but not email. > > Is there a good SMS-to-SMTP-email service Out There? > Alternatively, is there a good Linux-compatible > hardware for this task? > > Keith L. > > -- > Keith Lofstrom kei...@keithl.com I do most of my text messaging from the browser on good Linux-compatible hardware with a nice sized real keyboard. I don't know if all cell providers make this available, but Google Fi does.
[PLUG] Weather underground no longer reached by browser
I tried refreshing https://www.wunderground.com and both brave and chromium tell me that URL cannot be reached: Atlanta (404) error code displayed. Yet I can ping the URL. What might explain this? TIA, Rich
[PLUG] Testing mailx script
I have a list of four test addresses, all individuals @example.com. Is there a better domain I should use to test whether the script works as intended when sent from my local MTA? TIA, Rich
Re: [PLUG] Testing mailx script
Rich - If you do a web search on temporary email addresses, you can quickly and easily get an email address or addresses to use for testing purposes. Sent from Proton Mail mobile Original Message On Feb 1, 2024, 1:19 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > I have a list of four test addresses, all individuals @example.com. Is there > a better domain I should use to test whether the script works as intended > when sent from my local MTA? TIA, Rich
Re: [PLUG] Weather underground no longer reached by browser
On Thu, 1 Feb 2024, Rich Shepard wrote: I tried refreshing https://www.wunderground.com and both brave and chromium tell me that URL cannot be reached: Atlanta (404) error code displayed. Yet I can ping the URL. What might explain this? Strange. I, too, can load it on the mobile phone. Perhaps tomorrow morning it will have recovered from whatever ails it now. Rich
Re: [PLUG] Testing mailx script
On Thu, 1 Feb 2024, MC_Sequoia wrote: Rich - If you do a web search on temporary email addresses, you can quickly and easily get an email address or addresses to use for testing purposes. That would not have occurred to me. So much to learn and so little time. Many thanks! Rich
Re: [PLUG] Weather underground no longer reached by browser
Rich -What happens if you search on weather underground and then click on the search result? Sent from Proton Mail mobile Original Message On Feb 1, 2024, 1:23 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > I tried refreshing https://www.wunderground.com and both brave and chromium > tell me that URL cannot be reached: Atlanta (404) error code displayed. Yet I > can ping the URL. What might explain this? TIA, Rich
Re: [PLUG] Weather underground no longer reached by browser
On Thu, 1 Feb 2024, MC_Sequoia wrote: Rich -What happens if you search on weather underground and then click on the search result? MC, It loads just as it has for years. Sonofagun! I had tried entering wunderground.com in a new tab and that also failed. Strange. Thanks for the pointer. Rich
Re: [PLUG] Weather underground no longer reached by browser
I'm just speculating here, but I'm guessing you might have ran into a stale DNS entry due to some change upstream, etc. Try direct URL again, in guessing your location DNS cache got updated. In the future, don't ping URL, use nslookuo or dig command on wunderground.com. If you can't DNS name resolution to an IP address, then that's what's going on Sent from Proton Mail mobile Original Message On Feb 1, 2024, 2:41 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Thu, 1 Feb 2024, MC_Sequoia wrote: > Rich -What happens if you search on > weather underground and then click on > the search result? MC, It loads just > as it has for years. Sonofagun! I had tried entering wunderground.com in a > new tab and that also failed. Strange. Thanks for the pointer. Rich
Re: [PLUG] Weather underground no longer reached by browser
One caveat to that is that modern browsers may be (i think it's on by default with firefox) doing their own DNS via DNS-over-HTTPS or DNS-over-TLS, so stand alone tools like dig or nslookup might give different results than your browser. -- Russell Senior russ...@personaltelco.net On Thu, Feb 1, 2024 at 2:48 PM MC_Sequoia wrote: > I'm just speculating here, but I'm guessing you might have ran into a > stale DNS entry due to some change upstream, etc. > > Try direct URL again, in guessing your location DNS cache got updated. > > In the future, don't ping URL, use nslookuo or dig command on > wunderground.com. If you can't DNS name resolution to an IP address, then > that's what's going on > > Sent from Proton Mail mobile > > Original Message > On Feb 1, 2024, 2:41 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > > > On Thu, 1 Feb 2024, MC_Sequoia wrote: > Rich -What happens if you search > on weather underground and then click on > the search result? MC, It loads > just as it has for years. Sonofagun! I had tried entering wunderground.com > in a new tab and that also failed. Strange. Thanks for the pointer. Rich
Re: [PLUG] SMS/Texting interface for Linux desktop/laptop
I think all the major carriers have an email to SMS gateway. That is, you can email an special address and it will be converted to an SMS and delivered to mobile devices. I have a watchdog processes that checks ping-ability to a particular address and if it fails, I send an email to myself with: sendmail @tmomail.net Works at least in that direction. -- Russell Senior russ...@pdxlinux.org On 2/1/24 12:30, Keith Lofstrom wrote: Many people use SMS messaging and handheld screen taps, but not email. Is there a good SMS-to-SMTP-email service Out There? Alternatively, is there a good Linux-compatible hardware for this task? Keith L.
Re: [PLUG] SMS/Texting interface for Linux desktop/laptop
On 2/1/24 16:16, Russell Senior wrote: I think all the major carriers have an email to SMS gateway. That is, you can email an special address and it will be converted to an SMS and delivered to mobile devices. I have a watchdog processes that checks ping-ability to a particular address and if it fails, I send an email to myself with: sendmail @tmomail.net Works at least in that direction. As a test, I email'd my t-mobile sms gateway, received the SMS right away, replied with my SMS messaging app, and about 10 minutes later, the reply showed up in my email box. The delay appears to be a result of some greylisting in the return path. -- Russell Senior russ...@pdxlinux.org
Re: [PLUG] SMS/Texting interface for Linux desktop/laptop
On Thu, Feb 1, 2024 at 6:32 PM Russell Senior wrote: > > > > On 2/1/24 16:16, Russell Senior wrote: > > I think all the major carriers have an email to SMS gateway. That is, > > you can email an special address and it will be converted to an SMS > > and delivered to mobile devices. I have a watchdog processes that > > checks ping-ability to a particular address and if it fails, I send an > > email to myself with: sendmail @tmomail.net > > > > Works at least in that direction. > > > > As a test, I email'd my t-mobile sms gateway, received the SMS right > away, replied with my SMS messaging app, and about 10 minutes later, the > reply showed up in my email box. The delay appears to be a result of > some greylisting in the return path. > > -- > Russell Senior > russ...@pdxlinux.org Google Messages uses the phone as the gateway. The web app sends the messages to and receives the messages from the phone. If the phone is off this does not work. However the phone does not need to be nearby, just on and connected to the internet and in a cell coverage area. Bill
Re: [PLUG] Weather underground no longer reached by browser
"One caveat to that is that modern browsers may be (i think it's on by default with firefox) doing their own DNS via DNS-over-HTTPS or DNS-over-TLS, so stand alone tools like dig or nslookup might give different results than your browser." Possibly, my networking-fu ain't what it used to be and much has changed in the meantime. However, what you're really trying to is compare what an Internet DNS, like Google's 8.8.8.8 or 8.8.4.4 resolves wunderground.com to and what you the pc's local dns cache and/or the ISP's DNS resolves it to. For many years, whenever possible, I always reconfigure my DNS to point to Google's or OSU's public DNS, both ipv4 and ipv6. Lately, I've had really good results running SmartDNS instead of some other local DNS caching like djbdns. Nothing bugs me more than waiting for a web site to load while I see all this back & forth communication in the left hand corner of my browser. Especially when I see redirects to F!facebook,twitter, and whatever other BS non-sense that I don't use.
Re: [PLUG] SMS/Texting interface for Linux desktop/laptop
"Google Messages uses the phone as the gateway. The web app sends the messages to and receives the messages from the phone. If the phone is off this does not work. However the phone does not need to be nearby just on and connected to the internet and in a cell coverage area." If you're already using Google Messages, the you can use their web app from any pc browser, https://messages.google.com/web/authentication I've a Google Voice acct that I use to text from my pc browser. One advantage of it over the Google Messages web app is that I don't have to constantly re-link my phone as my phone is usually always in airplane mode unless I've a specific need to use it.
Re: [PLUG] SMS/Texting interface for Linux desktop/laptop
On Thu, Feb 1, 2024 at 7:03 PM MC_Sequoia wrote: > > "Google Messages uses the phone as the gateway. The web app sends the > messages to and receives the messages from the phone. If the phone is off > this does not work. However the phone does not need to be nearby just on and > connected to the internet and in a cell coverage area." > > If you're already using Google Messages, the you can use their web app from > any pc browser, https://messages.google.com/web/authentication > > I've a Google Voice acct that I use to text from my pc browser. > > One advantage of it over the Google Messages web app is that I don't have to > constantly re-link my phone as my phone is usually always in airplane mode > unless I've a specific need to use it. Is that the free Google Voice account or one of the paid ones? Bill
Re: [PLUG] SMS/Texting interface for Linux desktop/laptop
"Is that the free Google Voice account or one of the paid ones?" Free
